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Snapchat CEO Warns: GDPR Is Helping Google and Facebook
GDPR sends small business owners into the arms of Google and Facebook, Spiegel claims.
French Government Announces New Plans for Policing “Hate Speech” on Big Social Media Platforms
The continued encroachment on online free speech never ends.
UK: The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation Calls for Evidence on Online Targeting
The UK government wants more details on the extent of online tracking.
Data Protection as a Service – Is It Effective and Should Businesses Be Implementing It?
Data protection as a service can be difficult to wrap your head around.
Facebook Staff Are Manually Looking at Your Personal Photos
Experts say it’s a GDPR violation.
German Justice Minister Sets Her Sights on Amazon Alexa Privacy
She called Amazon’s vaguely-worded privacy policy “unacceptable”.
Italy Has Issued Its First GDPR Fine to the Rosseau Platform That Fuels the Populist 5-Star Movement
The platform had several other problems such as failure to comply with the best practices for e-voting systems.
Adtech Giant Quantcast Under Investigation for GDPR Violations
Companies such as this lie low from the public view and silently mine user data and sell ‘marketing intelligence’ tools.
UrlHum Is a New Privacy-Focused Link Shortener
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), i.e., “web addresses,” are seldom short and sweet these days – but in the end, everyone still really wants them just that way. This is where URL shortening techniques come into play – a method of displaying shorter versions of the actual URL, while directing th
Despite Apple’s Push to Be Associated With Privacy, 78% of People Still Don’t Trust Apple
Even though Apple has made a push towards privacy, 78% of people still don’t trust them.
Zuckerberg Warns Against Government’s Wanting to Store Their Citizens Data in Their Own Countries
Data localization laws are already being enforced by the Chinese and Russian governments, however, the increasing concerns towards privacy protection have extended this trend to more democratic countries.
The Algorithmic Accountability Act Will Give Tech Companies the Seemingly Impossible Task of Assessing Bias in Algorithms
A purely legislative initiative is never going to be enough – strong engagement with the tech industry and the people involved is necessary for the measures to work efficiently.
